Monthly Archives: March 2009

Greenbird smashes speed record!

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Simon

Breaking news story – Richard Jenkins breaks the World land wind speed record in his vehicle The Greenbird. On the morning of March 26th, on the ‘dry’ Lake Ivanpah, The ‘Greenbird’ driven by British engineer, Richard Jenkins smashed the world … Continue reading →

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Vertically aligning text without the use of JavaScript

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Simon

This is one of those really annoying CSS bugs that should be so simple to do but is actually fairly problematic because of old browsers like IE6. Vertical-align should be all that’s needed but nope, certain browsers like IE6 don’t … Continue reading →

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Free icon set for web designers and developers

Posted on March 17, 2009 by Simon

A quick blog during my lunch break…

Smashing magazine is an almost daily read for me because a good majority of their articles are excellent and thought provoking. They have just released some free icons and a free wordpress template… Continue reading →

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Google releases a techie guide to its website optimizer

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Simon

On the 10th March 2009 Google released a 26 page PDF on how to use its website optimizer tool. A/B testing is an incredibly powerful tool to maximise the most out of your space. Just a simple change like turning … Continue reading →

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